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Ohio Department of Natural Resources to Receive Award for Dessecker Mine Reclamation Project

September 5, 2019

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Abandoned Mine Land Program has won the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation National Award for its work on the Dessecker Mine Project near Dover. The agency will be honored at

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Commission Upholds General Moly’s Mt. Hope Molybdenum Mine Permit, Nevada

September 5, 2019

A state panel on Wednesday upheld a permit for a major mining project in central Nevada, concluding that the state did not err in analyzing the risks and hazards involved. But the three-member panel from the Nevada State Environmental Commission

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Hudbay Asks Judge to Vacate Ruling Against Its Rosemont Copper Mine, Arizona

September 5, 2019

The company proposing to build the Rosemont Mine wants a federal judge to toss out or at least change key parts of his recent ruling that stopped work on the $1.9 billion project. Rosemont Copper Co. is asking U.S. District

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Court Orders Release of Reclamation Documents for Contura’s Belle Ayr Coal Mine

September 5, 2019

After a coal company denied landowners access to appraisal documents tied to plans for future cleanup of the Belle Ayr coal mine in Campbell County, the group took the matter all the way to court. The court’s ultimate decision set

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Blackjewel Says Mine Sale Not Dead

September 4, 2019

Blackjewel LLC says the three-week old negotiations between Contura Energy Inc. and the federal government continue and a potential sale of two large Wyoming coal mines is not “dead.” Stephen Lerner, a Blackjewel bankruptcy attorney from the Cincinnati, Ohio, law

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Montana Resources Gets OK to Raise Yankee Doodle Tailings Dam, Extends Permit to 2031

September 4, 2019

The Department of Environmental Quality gave its final approval to Montana Resources to raise the Yankee Doodle Tailings Dam by 50 feet on the west side Friday. This means that MR has up until at least 2031 before it will

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Canada Invests in Energy-efficient Mining Technologies

September 4, 2019

Canada’s mining and minerals industry is important to our economy and to communities across the country. Developing Canada’s natural resources in cleaner, more sustainable ways will create good, middle-class jobs, increase competitiveness and reduce pollution as we build a clean

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First Cobalt Secures $5 Million from Glencore for Refinery Study in Canada

September 4, 2019

Canadian mining firm First Cobalt has signed a $5 million loan facility with British-Swiss commodity trading and mining company Glencore to complete engineering, metallurgical testing, fieldwork and permitting for the recommissioning and expansion of the First Cobalt Refinery in Canada.

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Blackhawk Mining’s Plan of Reorganization Approved by Bankruptcy Court

September 4, 2019

Blackhawk Mining LLC announced Wednesday that its Plan of Reorganization has been approved by Judge Silverstein in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Delaware. The company is expected to emergence from bankruptcy as soon as early September. This will eliminate more

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Missouri S&T Researches Mine Safety With Homemade Cannon

September 4, 2019

Sometimes, the best way to see how strong something is means shooting it with a cannon loaded up with stuff found in a coal mine. While this may sound like a TV comedy bit, it’s part of serious research at

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